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Stay Up With Me
Stay Up With Me | Tom Barbash
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'Stay Up With Me belongs to the tradition of the classic American story and, like John Cheever, Barbash dramatizes the messy lives of New Yorkers' Independent on Sunday A newly single mother wrestles with the evidence of her son's love life during his Christmas vacation; an anxious husband persists in playing the host at his annual drinks party even though his marriage is in trouble and his wife mysteriously absent; a young man watches his widowed father become the toast of Manhattan's midlife dating scene while he struggles to find his own footing in life . . . The characters in Tom Barbash's acclaimed, Folio Prize-nominated collection explore the myriad ways we seek to connect with each other and the sometimes cruel world around us. In the classic tradition of John Cheever or Tobias Wolff, Barbash laces his narratives with sharp wit, psychological acuity and pathos, so that they pierce the heart and linger in the imagination. 'One of the most satisfying cover-to-cover short story collections I can remember' Dave Eggers 'Tom Barbash's wise and bittersweet stories map the gulfs between us, and the unexpected connections. I tried to keep track of my favorite one, but it was always the story I'd just finished'David Mitchell 'Is there such a thing as the Great American Story Collection? Yes, and this is it' Justin Cronin
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RaeLovesToRead
RaeLovesToRead
Stay Up With Me | Tom Barbash
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Making progress with my cheerful Bingo square.

Cover Crush: Stay Up With Me

Humbug: The Christmas Murder Game

Cuddly Crime: Murder on the Xmas Express (I'm counting it because it was marketed as a cosy, even though things got tonally dark)

Do I feel better about it being the Winter? Not yet. Maybe after a few more squares!

TrishB It was still light at 5pm. We‘re getting there 😁 1y
RaeLovesToRead @TrishB My frosted-up car disagrees! Hahaha. Oh man, I hate Winter. (Although I moaned all summer about the heat... so there's just no suiting me 😅) 1y
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RaeLovesToRead
RaeLovesToRead
Stay Up With Me | Tom Barbash
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An incredible collection. A series of emotional, bittersweet portraits of characters dealing with loss, grief, jealousy, resentment & preoccupation. We get just a taste of each character's story, & it's just enough.

These tales are of connection, sadness, distance, heartbreak, understandings & misunderstandings.

Heartfelt & devastating in an everyday way, I absolutely loved this book.

It has one of my all-time favourite covers to boot!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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RaeLovesToRead
RaeLovesToRead
Stay Up With Me | Tom Barbash
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And here is my January #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks 😊🎉

A few I've already started, a book by my dear friend @The_Penniless_Author , a few self-help books that I probably won't read despite best intentions, a few cosies and my newly rolled roll100s 😊

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
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RaeLovesToRead
RaeLovesToRead
Stay Up With Me | Tom Barbash
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Now for matcha tea and short stories... 💕🍵

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RaeLovesToRead
RaeLovesToRead
Stay Up With Me | Tom Barbash
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Here are some books from my shelf that I hope to get to soon...

I have no idea what Stay Up With Me is about, but it has one of my favourite covers of any book ever.

CJ Sansom is an absolute favourite of mine. I need to prioritise this series.

A couple of these (Vonnegut, Ishiguro) are Randy picks @The_Penniless_Author #randyspiles

I loved the Sisters' Brothers and have heard nothing but good things about the next Dewitt.

Murakami ❤

MicheleinPhilly The Remains of the Day! *swoon* 🥰 2y
RaeLovesToRead @MicheleinPhilly I just want to read them all at once! Right now! 😊💕 2y
Ruthiella I‘ve also really enjoyed the Shardlake series. I still have the last one to read. 2y
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BarbaraBB What @MicheleinPhilly says 😍 2y
RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella They are amazing... I think that's why I'm taking so long with them... I'm "saving" them ? 2y
RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraBB can't wait 😊💕 2y
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RaeLovesToRead
RaeLovesToRead
Stay Up With Me | Tom Barbash
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Tidying up with my kitty bookends! I need to speed up my reading... my shelves are overflowing.

BookmarkTavern What cute bookends! 3y
RaeLovesToRead @ozma.of.oz thanks 😊 I think I got them from Pylones a while back! 3y
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